Nobody's mentioned anything about "curse words." I'm far from being a prude...but I do generally prefer to avoid cursing in public. Most of the time it's sooooo unnecessary. But in private...now that's a whole different story (Such as when I'm in my car). Having said that... Regardless of the situation, the one curse word which I truly find repugnant is "asshole"... I reserve its use for only very, very rare circumstances. And if it's ever directed to anyone in partcular, they've got to be some kind of serious lowlife. Dennis

I was surprised to see a couple of fellows mentioning "kudos." I don't mind it at all properly used, but when people think it's a plural it sets my teeth on edge, e.g., "Soandso deserves a kudo [sic] for his performance," or, "Soandso garnered many kudos for completing this difficult task."